The Orange Prize for Fiction is an annual award which celebrates
'novels of excellence' written by a woman writing in English,
and published in Britain between April 1st and March 31st
of the year the prize is awarded.

Each winner receives £30,000 (approx US$55,00) - the largest
literary award in the UK - and a bronze figurine named 'Bessie'.
The Orange Award is anonymously endowed.